Icona Pop: Last News

Icona Pop and Ultra Naté have joined forces to revamp the latter’s classic dance anthem ‘Free’ for the song’s 25th anniversary – listen to ‘You’re Free’ below.Released on March 31, 1997, the house-influenced club staple has been given a makeover by Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt, who used to play the original cut in their DJ sets before forming Icona Pop.“It is the ultimate expression of what we want Icona Pop to represent; freedom to be whoever you want to be, live life to the fullest, and have fun,” Icona Pop said in a statement (via Rolling Stone).“At first it was intimidating when we started to play around with the idea of making a new version, but it felt natural and really came together when Ultra Naté said she wanted to collaborate on our version. We are beyond honoured.”Referring to Ulta Naté as a “legend”, the duo added: “We hope that we have done it justice.”Listen to ‘You’re Free’ below:Ultra Naté shared her excitement about working with the Swedish duo on the reworking of her song, explaining that she “immediately felt good” with Icona Pop’s approach to the club classic.

Icona Pop have announced their first album in 10 years, ‘Club Romantech’ – pre-save it here.The Swedish pop duo will release the new album on September 1 via Ultra Records, which follows their 2013 debut LP ‘This Is… Icona Pop’.Joel Corry, Sofi Tukker, Yaeger, Ultra Nate and Galantis are among collaborators on the new tracks, while a new single called ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ is out now.“’Where Do We Go From Here’ was one of the first songs we wrote in the fall of 2020 after realizing we couldn’t move back to LA because of the pandemic,” Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjelt shared in a press statement.“Back in Stockholm, we formed a small crew to start making music and thought ‘what the fuck are we going to do now?’ Eclectic, fun, hard, pop, deep, mainstream, catchy, weird, late at night, early in the morning – always with a tear in the corner of the eye and a smile on our face. That’s how ‘Where Do We Go From Here’ feels and that’s how CLUB ROMANTECH feels too.”Check out the new song, along with the album artwork and tracklisting below.“As Icona Pop, we can release a pop tune or a super hard dance song, and that’s who we are,” Hjelt shared of the new record.

Icona Pop have returned with a new single, ‘I Want You’, featuring Galantis.The song is expected to be the first taste of a new album, which, per a press release, the Swedish duo are currently putting the finishing touches to.Check out ‘I Want You’ below:The duo, made up of Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo, left Los Angeles as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning and returned to Stockholm. There, they found themselves going back to the studio “where it all started”, pushing them to re-engage with their electronic and alternative roots.“We got back to what we love,” said Jawo.

It's Monday morning, and the world is back to the workweek grind. But you can keep the weekend spirit alive with some help from your dance floor friends, Icona Pop.